Graph each function using the techniques of shifting, compressing, stretching, and/or reflecting. Start with the graph of y = x^2 and show all stages.

Before showing me how to graph the functions below, I need a clear definition of the words:

*shifting
*compressing
*stretching
*reflecting

What do the words above mean in math?

QUESTIONS:

(1) f(x) = sqrt{x + 1}

(2) f(x) = h(x) = 2int(x - 1)

compressing/stretching; f(x) = c*g(x), where c is a constant; if this constant is greater than one, then the graph has been vertically stretched. If it is between 0 and 1, then the graph has been vertically compressed.

Now, HORIZONTALLY stretching/compressing occurs when the x values have been multiplied by a constant. That is, f(x) = g(cx); if this constant is greater than one, then the graph has been horizontally compressed. If it is between 0 and 1 then the graph has been horizontally stretched.

Graphs of a function f(x) are said to be reflected (across the y-axis) when the x values of the function have been multiplied by a negative value. And, the graph is said to be reflected (across the x-axis) when the y values of the function have been multiplied by a negative value.

A vertical stretch with a factor of 5 is: y = 5*f(x); this multiplies the y values by the constant, 5.

For example: g(x) = 3*sqrt(x)

Vertical compression by a factor of 10: y = 1/10*f(x); this multiplies the y-values by 1/10.

A vertical reflection about the x-axis: y = -f(x)

Horizontal shifts, compressions, etc affect the x values.

A graph shifted 10 units horizontally to the left, a graph shifted 10 units horizontally to the right, a graph stretched horizontally by a factor of 1/10, and a graph compressed by a factor of 5 are all given, respectively, below: